Month: April 2014

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] O3b Networks signed a multi-year agreement with Norfolk Telecom to provide O3b Trunk services to Norfolk Island customers, a small island off the eastern coast of Australia. […]

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] Intelsat General and L-3 Communication Systems-West demonstrated the new Protected United States Air Force Tactical Waveform technology over Ku-band transponders. These tests measured the performance of anti-jam […]

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] The United States Air Force’s latest Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft, launched on April 3 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, is currently undergoing a series of […]

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] Norsat launched the Atom series of Ku-band Block Up Converters (BUCs) and Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs). The Atom series BUCs and SSPAs are designed to enable […]

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] Advantech Wireless released a new multicarrier broadcast modulator: MSBM-500. From one 500 Mhz carrier, the modulator is capable of generating up to 16 independent 30 Msymbols/s carriers […]

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] Levels Beyond and Globecomm Systems announced a strategic alliance to offer a new solution for customers in media, government and enterprise markets. The companies have plans to […]

[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] PSSI Global Services has hired Rick Ball to assist with operational support and contribute to the company’s growth. Ball has more than 25 years of experience in […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] In-flight connectivity provider Gogo has unveiled its new technology development: 2Ku. Designed to complement the company’s Air To Ground (ATG) solution, 2Ku uses two Ku-band antennas provided […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] Canal + Overseas renewed and expanded its existing agreement with Intelsat to enhance its high definition, Direct-to-Home (DTH) programming in the Caribbean. Canal + Overseas has decided […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] UrtheCast released its first images of Earth captured by the company’s medium-resolution camera (MRC) on the International Space Station (ISS). The image features the city of Moneague, […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] Intelsat and partners BT, Ericsson, Sony and Newtec are displaying a new 4K Ultra-HD television, which is transmitting end-to-end over satellite to the 2014 NAB Show in […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] Gogo’s business aviation group, Aircell, launched Gogo Biz in-flight Internet and voice services to aircraft in Canada. The service was introduced to market in 2009 and is […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] ViXS has partnered with SES in an end-to-end satellite broadcast of Ultra-HD content, demonstrated during the seventh SES Industry Days in Luxembourg. SES displayed this Ultra-HD content […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] GT-SAT deployed MaxLinear’s Full-Spectrum Capture (FSC) MxL862 in a new Digital Low-Noise Block (DLNB), which will assist European and Latin American satellite operators to make the move […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] The Alaska Flight Services branch of the United States Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) has certified Maine-based Delorme’s inReach satellite communicator for its Enhanced Special Reporting Service (eSRS). […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] Intelsat has signed a multi-year agreement with RRsat under which RRsat will use Intelsat capacity to expand and enhance the company’s access to the North American Direct-to-Home […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] Sea Launch is relocating its corporate headquarters from Bern to Nyon, Switzerland, in the canton of Vaud. “This move allows Sea Launch to take advantage of Nyon’s […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] NASA has granted Orbital Sciences a contract to launch the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) multi-satellite mission on board the Pegasus XL rocket. Orbital’s Stargazer L […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] ViaSat’s Ka-band aeronautical terminal has passed 125 total units shipped. This low-profile terminal enables in-flight Internet access and is the first to sustain a continuous link to […]

[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] European Space Imaging (EUSI) has partnered with Skybox Imaging to support their High-Res Challenge, now called the “European Space Imaging and Skybox High-Res Challenge.” Skybox is launching […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-0214] Iridium’s subsidiary Aireon has received much more attention for its global aircraft surveillance program in light of the recent disappearance of Malaysia Airlines’ Flight MH370. Once over […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] The Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) has signed a multi-year contract with Eutelsat Communications for Ku-band capacity on the Eutelsat 21B satellite covering the Middle East, North […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines has decided to increase the breadth of communications, content services and support provided by MTN Communications. This partnership includes an onboard suite of connectivity […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) has announced that Pashto 1, Pakistan’s Pashto entertainment channel, has started broadcasting on the AsiaSat 7 satellite. The Free-to-Air (FTA) channel offers general […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] The United States Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin with a contract to complete production of the next two GPS satellites in its GPS 3 system. The […]

[Via Satellite 04-04-2014] ITU and ABI Research have presented the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), an initiative to measure the levels of cybersecurity in countries around the world. The goal is […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Israel-based NovelSat is offering to provide broadcasters with free bandwidth, per se, through its newest product: FreeBand. According to NovelSat CEO Itzik Wulkan, the product enables live […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Tempus Global Data has opened operations in Utah in order to deliver next generation weather data to commercial and government customers. The company will provide weather data […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Azerbaijani satellite operator Azercosmos has signed an agreement with Ukrainian company Ukrkosmos to broadcast a package of Ukrainian TV channels via its Azerspace 1 satellite. The package […]

[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Tata Elxsi has announced the successful interoperability of its high efficiency video coding (HEVC) decoder with streams encoded using Harmonic encoding technology. These Ultra-HD HEVC decoders are […]